---
title: 'Seq'
description: 'Configuring the Seq backend (Self-Hosted)'
sidebarTitle: 'Seq'
icon: 'signal-stream'
---

### Getting Started

<img src="https://d15jtxgb40qetw.cloudfront.net/seq.svg" alt="seq" className="not-prose h-20" />

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    **Creating Account**<br />
    Go to the **[🔗 website](https://odigos.io) > Account** and click **Sign Up**

    **Obtaining Access Token**<br />
    Go to **⚙️ > Access Tokens** and click **Create New**

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- [Deploy Seq into Kubernetes using Docker](https://docs.datalust.co/docs/getting-started-with-docker)
- [Deploy Seq into Kubernetes using Helm](https://docs.datalust.co/docs/using-helm)

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### Configuring Destination Fields

<Accordion title="Supported Signals:">
  ✅ Traces
  ❌ Metrics
  ✅ Logs
</Accordion>

- **SEQ_ENDPOINT** `string` : OTLP HTTP Endpoint. The format is `http://host:port`, `host` is required and equals the cluster internal DNS record of the Seq instance, `port` is required and equals any of the exposed ports of the Seq instance (defaults to 5341), do not add the rest of the path `/ingest/otlp/v1/*`.
  - This field is required
- **SEQ_API_KEY** `string` : API Key. The API key is generated in the Seq instance. The API key must have the `Ingest` permission.
  - This field is optional

### Adding Destination to Odigos

There are two primary methods for configuring destinations in Odigos:

##### **Using the UI**

<Steps>
  <Step>
    Use the [Odigos CLI](https://docs.odigos.io/cli/odigos_ui) to access the UI
    ```bash
    odigos ui
    ```
  </Step>
  <Step>
    Click on `Add Destination`, select `Seq` and follow the on-screen instructions
  </Step>
</Steps>

##### **Using Kubernetes manifests**

<Steps>
  <Step>
    Save the YAML below to a file (e.g. `seq.yaml`)
    ```yaml
    apiVersion: odigos.io/v1alpha1
    kind: Destination
    metadata:
      name: seq-example
      namespace: odigos-system
    spec:
      data:
        SEQ_ENDPOINT: <OTLP HTTP Endpoint>
      destinationName: seq
      # Uncomment the 'secretRef' below if you are using the optional Secret.
      # secretRef:
      #   name: seq-secret
      signals:
      - TRACES
      - LOGS
      type: seq

    ---

    # The following Secret is optional. Uncomment the entire block if you need to use it.
    # apiVersion: v1
    # data:
    #   SEQ_API_KEY: <Base64 API Key>
    # kind: Secret
    # metadata:
    #   name: seq-secret
    #   namespace: odigos-system
    # type: Opaque
    ```
  </Step>
  <Step>
    Apply the YAML using `kubectl`
    ```bash
    kubectl apply -f seq.yaml
    ```
  </Step>
</Steps>